duck 1991- people who lack interpersonal skills can make a relationship hard

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how can lack of stimulation lead to a breakdown of a relationship?

people expect relationships to change + develop when they don't the relationship is seen as not worthwhile

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how can maintenance difficulties lead to breakdown of a relationship?

relationships become strained die to not being able to keep close contact

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what are some strengths to ducks theory 2007?

personality has been shown to be an important factor in a relationship breakup, providing some support for the concept of social skills being a factor. relationships where one or both of the couple are high in neurotisicm are more likely to end

tashiro and frazier 2003: surveyed under grads who had recent;y broken up relationships. reported experienced emotional distress but also personal growth

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weaknesses of rollie and duck 2006?

cannot explain the breakdown of all relationships, for example where the relationship ends suddenly due to an affair. only focusses on the breakdown of a relationship. it says nothing about *** a relationship got to this point of the breakdown.